MEDICAL EDUCATION HOSTS CELEBRATION EVENT Graduating as a doctor is a special achievement that our Medical Education team has been privileged to witness many times over the years. However, during the pandemic it hasn’t been possible for traditional cap-and-gown ceremonies to take place. This year the Medical Education team pulled out all the stops to create a celebration for the final year University of Liverpool students finishing their placements at the Countess. The ceremony was also attended by Professor Hazel Scott, Head of the School of Medicine, and saw all the newly qualified doctors recite the Declaration of Geneva (the modern-day Hippocratic Oath). Medical Education even set up a live Zoom call so the graduates’ families could watch along at home and savour the momentous occasion. Ms Nicola Eardley, Consultant General Surgeon and Clinical Education Sub-dean at the Countess, said: “The University of
Liverpool asked us to facilitate the event and the Medical Education team were fantastic at pulling it together at short notice. They ensured social distancing was maintained and a Zoom call was set up so families could send through messages of pride as the newly qualified doctors recited the Declaration of Geneva.” Eventually it is hoped all the students who missed out on face-to-face ceremonies will have one retrospectively, however thanks to the Medical Education team they still have something to look back on. Jan Ellis, Medical Education Manager, said: “This has been a difficult year and we were delighted to see so many smiles because
Welcome our new F1 doctors Our new cohort of Foundation Year 1 doctors started in August and the team are delighted to welcome them. They will start their professional lives as doctors at the Countess over the next two years before embarking on their specialist training.
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of this ceremony. We work so closely with our students that we feel like an extended family and we’re all so proud of them. We wish them all the best of luck as they begin their careers.”
